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Posted AT 10:00 PM EST on 19/11/09

Pipeline to West Coast gains backing

Globe and Mail Update

Calgary — Commercial support is building for a new pipeline to carry oil sands crude on its way to Asia, as Canada's energy industry seeks diversification from the U.S. market and an escape valve from potentially punitive climate-change regulations.For years, two major West Coast oil pipeline projects have languished without enough momentum to build the multibillion-dollar infrastructure required to take bitumen from the Fort McMurray, Alta.

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